Peugeot to Launch All-Wheel Drive Hybrid Crossover
January 15, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Peugeot Introduces the 3008 Crossover; which will be their test platform for HYbrid4 Technology in 2011.
The 3008 Crossover will be the platform for the first production car with the HYmotion4 all-wheel drive technology, as unveiled on the Prologue HYbrid4 concept car at the Paris Motor Show in 2008.
The Prologue HYbrid4 concept and the production 3008 are front-engined. The HYmotion4 technology uses a “through-the-road” design to provide hybrid all-wheel drive. The motor is mounted in either the rear or front of the vehicle, which then dictates if vehicle is front- or rear-engined. Read more
Renault-Nissan Alliance and Portugal Sign EV Agreement for 2010
It’s official, Nissan-Renault Alliance are ruling right now, hot of the heels of announcements of direct zero-emission mobility partnerships with Kanagawa Prefecture and Yokohama City in Japan, the States of Tennessee and Oregon, Monaco, Sonoma County in California, and the French utility giant EDF. Now the Government of Portugal and the Renault-Nissan Alliance announced a comprehensive partnership to deliver zero emission mobility to Portugal from 2010. The plan will utilize electric vehicles supplied by the Alliance, and will leverage an extensive charging network that will be built across Portugal over the next three years. Somebody at VW, BMW and everyone else better wake up and smell the solder, or they are going to be playing catch up for years to come.
The plan calls for 1,300 vehicle charging locations to be operational by the end of 2011, with 320 of those locations already in place in 2010. Read more
